Evening all,

What knot is best used for the dropper at the minute i'm tying it on with a surgeons knot should i be using another?

What do you do when for instance you change from having a point and dropper to just a lure on the point would you change leader completely or just leave the dropper dangling with nothing attached?

Cheers

Water knot for me. I've found that they are stronger when tied in even no.s, ie 2 or 4 turns, why I don't know.I use the 2 turn knot for river fishing and the 4 turn for stillwaters. It's probably the easiest knot in the anglers repertoire to tie.

Ref your second point - It depends on the leaders B/S. If I'm pulling flies, I always go up a good couple of pounds. I don't think the trailing dropper leg will cause you any problems as I've done the same on many occasions. However, as fish tend to hit a pulled lure harder, it may be best to start off with a dropper free, new leader to eliminate the risk of pinging at the knot, should you get a hard take.

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Thanks for that, just for my confusion, when looking on the internet is there any difference between a surgeon and water knot?

No, they're the same Gazza. After I posted, I remembered that the water knot is also known by the surgeons knot.I've alway called it the water knot.I think most guys use this knot for droppers. Sorry for any confusion.

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Hi Gazza,

Go to the search bar at the top of the page, and type > knot < and all your questions will be answered mate.

Hope this will help T.K...............

I use the surgeons knot, also known as the water knot.

I watched a guy making up a leader the other day. He pulled off 15' or 20' of tippet and attached it to his fly line, then, at the point where he wanted his dropper he 'folded' the tippet. He then tied a double loop, 6" back from the 'fold'. When the knot was pulled tight, he cut one side of the loop, close to the knot, giving him a 1' dropper. Never seen it done this way before, might give it a try next time I am out.

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Whitegoatie was it this(the dropper knot) I had an uncle who used this all the time sea and freshwater,he left a long loop and cut one end short to the main line.
Corky
http://www.animatedknots.com/dropper...matedknots.com

No it was this:

http://www.animatedknots.com/surgeon...matedknots.com

But with a bigger loop of line pulled through the knot, then the loop was cut.

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